With the rising sun, Hitomi had sent out letters to the Rune Knights in the area, and some not exactly in the area but close enough to make the trip. Some new recruits had come into their ranks and Hitomi felt they all needed to go through some training to get the blood flowing, create some potential bonds, and maybe come out a little stronger together in order to take down the growing threat in Fiore. With all the dark guilds popping up the Rune Knights needed to be prepared to wipe out any opposition deemed too dangerous to carry on their activities.

Being the first to arrive at the meeting, and dressed down in a pair of dark blue spandex shorts, a really supportive dark blue sports bra, and a pair of dark blue running sneakers. Most of the spells she had to train required another person to be near so instead she focused most of her mana on her eyes and the rest to circulate around her body. Taking in steady breaths she sent the mana down her whole body and into her feet, attempting to push it out into the surrounding area. The spell was made to allow her to detect magical things or beings.

On her first attempt, the pulse didn't reach its maximum range, in fact, it didn't pick up any magical properties and Hitomi knew for a fact that shouldn't have been correct. Thinking for a moment she figured that she needed a way to activate the spell to make it stronger and to focus it. Placing her mind to work on a simple gesture she settled on one that required her hands. Snapping her fingers on her left hand s a 0.5-Meter Diameter magic circle appears under her feet, soon after a pulse of arcane energy expels from her body in a 10-Meter Radius. Hitomi watched the pulse hit everything and soon she could pick up magical properties and she knew that the spell had worked. The spell allowed her to pick up magical signatures which would be great for dodging spells that would be hard for her to see in the end. Things around her took on a greyish aura until one big aura came her way.


376/375
Spell trained: Sanguine's Scouter
50% WC Discount (Intelligence Modifier)

Spoiler:

Midway in the morning where the sun was still rising to its peak, Shichiro had been walking towards a destination of his with his companion, Panther Lily on his left shoulder. With his large shield in tow, fastened on his back and wearing his usual attire and gear underneath since he was going someplace to train. He had received a letter from one of his underlings so he figured he would take her up on it and attempt to get some training done. Walking to his destination, he had made it in time to see Hitomi attempt to cast a spell. She still had her unique dragon slaying magic which was good for him as he had planned to ask her to teach it to him, more like fire it at him so he can devour it. For now, he'd just greet her before going off to do some spell training of his own. "Hey Hitomi, I'm here. Is this where the group training session is going to take place? Not a bad choice in scenery and at least we're out of the way of civilians. Well, happy training. I'm going to go over there to try and train some techniques myself."

With that, he'd give a little nod towards, turning in a different direction he came from and attempt to try and mimic a spell he had recently learned from consuming it. Placing his left leg forward, he had utter the word 'Step', facing and stepping in the direction he wished to go. A magic circle had appeared behind him, propelling him forward in a burst of electricity.

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Spell Trained:

The completion of her scouter spell was able to detect mana within a being getting closer to her. Dropping the spell she was greeted by none other than the Kingsguard, Shichiro. Even though she sent out the letters to the knights she didn't expect him to show up, especially with how...Uninterested and off put he seemed by her. Every interaction she could remember them having wasn't all that pleasant to her. Smiling at Shichiro she was happy he seemed to be in a good mood. At first she would only nod at him but then she realized that the rest of her spells would need some assistance to train.

" Wait, Shichiro, sir. Do you think you could help me with my training as well? There are alot of spells that I created that help others and I need another body to practice them on. "

As she spoke she kept up her breathing and maintained her mana control in order to prepare to cast her attempt to cast her next spell, or at least attempt to cast her next spell. If Shichiro couldn't help she would grab up a new face to practice on, as a few pages appeared for the training session as well.

Well that spell was quite easy to learn, a bit too easy but he figured because it was a low ranking spell it was only so difficult. Seeing as he mastered that fairly quickly, he figured he'd just work on the next one right away. Before he could however, his lovely subordinate had asked him a favor. She apparently needed help with the training of her spells so he figured he might be able to help. He wasn't sure what he was needed for but he hoped it didn't involve anything painful. "Uh, I guess I could help but be careful. I'm not trying to be maimed or killed. What do ya need me to do," Shichiro asked and said jokingly. Though he was saying it to ease the tension of being called by his subordinate, he couldn't deny the fact that he was nervous since he didn't want anything to go wrong and possibly prevent him from working as a Kingsguard anymore. Taking a deep breath himself, he decided to stand where he currently was positioned until he had gotten a request from her to stand elsewhere. Who knows, if all goes well. He might ask her to teach them to him in a special way.

"Oh don't worry, none of these spells are offensive and they shouldn't hurt. " She paused for a moment to think on that comment. Although yes they weren't spells that were supposed to hurt, it wasn't out of the realm of possibilities. " Eh...Yes, shouldn't hurt. Anyway so you aren't in the dark, I'm going to attempt to cast a few spells on you that should buff your physical capabilities. " As she spoke she took some steps back to place space between them. Her mana was still running evenly through her body. When Hitomi was about two meters away she closed her eyes and envisioned mentally what form the spell she needed to attempt would take. This spell was supposed to be a buff that she could place on another person, one that would give them a speed buff.

In her mind, Shichiro took form, and on his form, a glorious pair of horns crafted from Arcane mana and fashioned after the great Sanguine Dragon grew on his head. Pausing in her breathing as she took time to control the ebb and flow of mana until it was pushed out in a single burst towards Shichiro. Opening her eyes as the mana released from her she noticed the magic circle above his head and one above her own. This would indicate the spell was working but something was wrong. Where there should have been two horns on Shichiro's head, there was only one. This wouldn't do. That's not how she crafted this spell. " Do you feel any different Sir? Perhaps a little faster? " Maybe it was just an appearance error on her end? No that couldn't have been it, she did something wrong. " Actually don't answer that I'm going to try again. I must have gotten it wrong. "

She thought she had it, she followed through with the basics. Breathing, Visualizing, Mana flow, and release. She went through each step over again before pointing her finger at Shichiro once more. This time she kept her eyes open the whole way through, watching as the magic circle appeared over her target's head and looking up to see one above her own. two horns on either side of Shichiro's head began to appear, made of arcane energy. This time she had done it for sure. " You feel anything different now? "

402/375
Spell Trained: Sanguine's Blessing of the Swift
50% WC Discount (Intelligence Modifier)

Spoiler:

In an attempt to ease his worry, his knight had explained these spells weren't suppose to harm him but instead they were suppose to boost his physical capabilities. Well, that was fine too but she did use the words 'not suppose to' so who knows what could go wrong. Watching her take a few steps backwards, Shichiro simply just folded his arms to wait for the female to do whatever she was about to do. Watching her for a few moments, he noticed she had closed her eyes briefly before some kind of mana had entered his own body. When the mana entered his own body, he didn't really feel much different than before. He did notice he had grown a horn made of arcane energies sticking out of his head. It was peculiar there was only one but he figured this was just part of the spell until Hitomi perked up and said that wasn't how it was suppose to go and ask if he felt any different. before he could answer however, she had decided she didn't want to know because it was evident that she didn't do it properly the first time. Chuckling, Shichiro remained silent and waited for her to try again. 

Once again, she had closed her eyes for a brief moment, weaving her mana until another burst of energy had come out from her body and entered his own. This time he felt different. He felt more agile and swifter than he would normally. Hitomi had asked once again how he felt, this time actually waiting for an answer. "Well, I definitely feel quicker now. Like the I could clear the entirety of North Fiore in less than a minute," Shichiro had said. He even noticed having two horns at the top of his head. "Huh, neat. But I'd said you've got it down this time if this was your aim the whole time."

This was a good start. Perfect in fact, as she now knew what she had to do for the rest of the spells she had. This was the blueprint more or less but it took a lot out of her to even do that. Learning a new spell wasn't a walk in the park, there were a lot of intricate and delicate details that had to go into crafting and training a spell. Still, even though she knew what she had to do and how she had to do it she needed to be careful about it. Each spell was different so she couldn't afford to let her guard down when casting them.

" Ok. The next spell needs a little time for me to perform. You can go train while I get started on it. I'll just cast the spell as you are doing what you are doing and you tell me how you feel. "

Giving a thumbs up to Shichiro she turned away from him and once again closed her eyes. The horns on Shichiro's head would slowly vanish and the magic circle above both of their hands would be gone by the time she turned around fully. She needed to envision this next spell as it differed from the last one. Once again Shichiro's form settled in her mind, glorious scales of the sanguine dragon formed on his skin while a barrage of arrows rained down on him but couldn't harm him. Yes, this was what she felt this spell should do, raise his constitution like the last spell raised his speed. Letting the flow of mana reset itself as when she dropped the last spell, she let it steady itself before pointing a finger at Shichiro.

Her eyes opened as she felt the flow of mana go up through her arm and outwards towards him. A magic circle appeared above his head and a magic circle appeared above hers. All she needed to see now was these scales. For a moment that felt too long nothing happened but she kept pointing in his direction, guiding her mana along towards him until finally, the scales revealed themselves onto him. " Well? What are we feeling Sir? " She called out to him, hoping that all went well on his end.

387/375
Spell Trained:  Sanguine's Blessing of the Stalwart
50% WC Discount (Intelligence Modifier)

Spoiler:

Seemingly satisfied with the spell she casted, she informed him she needed time to prepare the next spell and to go back to his own solo training of his spells. She would practice the spell on him while he was training his own spells. With a nod and a shrug, Shichiro decided to go back to his own little space to practice another spell that was taught to him by his teacher. It was the same attribute as the last spell so it would be on the same wavelength as the last one. He'd be working with lightning again and it would be a support spell for himself. He was supposed to snap his fingers and an electromagnetic field was supposed to emerge from the magic seal that appears beneath him. Lifting his right hand up, he placed his thumb and his middle finger together and snapped them together creating a loud, snapping sound. At first, a yellow magic circle had appeared from underneath him but it was a bit unstable and cancelled itself abruptly. This was a bit vexing but it was understandable he wouldn't get it down in one try. As he was practicing, he could feel the effects of the last spell fading from his body rather quickly. 

This must mean she had cancelled the spell while he was practicing this one and so he took note of it. As he began to repeat the steps of the casting motion for his new spell, Shichiro felt a change in his body once more. While he was looking at his hands, he saw scales protrude from it. This must be another spell that his subordinate must be practicing and probably shouldn't pay too much attention to. He was going to continue to train said spell until he heard her voice from behind him asking how he felt now. Snapping his fingers, he'd respond, "I feel a lot more durable than before thanks to these weird scales on me. Is this the other spell you're training? It's pretty useful," asked Shichiro as he continued another round of creating the same spell circle. Eventually, he'd finally make a perfect, yellow magic circle underneath him, delivering an electromagnetic pulse that would detect living creatures with pulses around him. 

377/375
50% Intelligence Discount

Spell Trained:

She knew she would have to come back to doing these spells and she was already getting worn out. Hitomi was happy that the spells were going off with minor issues but she had a lot of them to go through. Taking a deep breath she realized the spells that she performed were all practically the same. She knew they were the same but because of that, the way to train them was becoming very bland.  Hitomi began to wonder if there was perhaps another way to train them, maybe a more physical approach would spice things up? Stretching her arms to the sky, Hitomi started with of course some basic stretches. This was to prevent any cramping or injury due to pulling something. She felt her joints pop as she stretched her arms, then her legs, and even her back and sides. Once she was nice and loose she got on the floor and laid on her back. She would get the blood pumping by placing her feet firmly on the ground and lifting the upper half of her body to do a sit-up. She did a few sets of that while controlling the mana throughout her body. This helped the mana flow better and she was able to control it more easily with her blood pumping.

Ready to take on her last spell for the day she closed her eyes for a moment to visualize the spell. She saw Shichiro with claws on his hand, like an aura. She saw him breaking things with ease. Opening her eyes she pointed her finger at him and directed her mana towards him. A magic circle appeared over her head and then over his. arcane claws that would do no damage would grow on his hands but not fully. Dropping the spell she tried once more, going through the steps again as she needed to do. Visualize the spell in her mind, a very important step to manifest the spell into existence. Control the flow of mana in order to give the spell power. Give the spell a medium to release from the body which she did by pointing at Shichiro. All that was left was to release that mana which she did and as soon as she did a magic circle once again appeared over both of their heads and Shichiro gained claws on both of his hands to signify his increased strength due to the spell's buff. Feeling a bit tired she released the spell and explained to Shichiro that she was going to head out for some food and that he was welcome to come. She would finish her training tomorrow.

-exit -

444/375
Spell trained: Sanguine's Blessing of the Strong
50% WC Discount (Intelligence Modifier)

Spoiler:

Finishing with his training, Shichiro had heard Hitiomi say it was time for her to be done with her training as well. Deciding on calling it a here, Shichiro agreed that he wanted to finish this training up at a later point in time. She was feeling somewhat tired and probably a bit hungry since she mentioned going out to get some food. Shichiro chuckled to himself and decided it was in his best interest to go along with her to get some food with her so he didn't have to look for a place himself. After all he was still pretty new to Orchid and thought to himself any place was nice. Dusting himself off a bit, Shichiro stood up from where he sat and decided to accompany her to a restaurant of their choosing. He was in the mood for a subway sandwich just the way he likes it so he was going to order it at the place they had decided on, if it was available. Accompanied by his companion, Panther Lily, Shichiro had headed off into the same direction as Hitomi in order to go and find food for them to eat. He could potentially order Panther Lily any kind of fish dish and he’d be okay with it as long as he got some kind of Kiwi based dessert afterwards.

[Exit.]